Video: Mono/Poly, ‘Easy Living’ (ft. Kimbra)

S.Lo on July 30th, 2019

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Reliably disruptive, L.A.-based producer Mono/Poly (née Charles E. Dickerson) explores the weird and wonderful in electronic music possibilities in his new single “Easy Living” (ft. Kimbra). Thundercat contributes oozy bass inspiration, which touched off Kimbra’s inspiration, which touched off further pitch and reverse motion stretches from Mono/Poly. “I swear it was as if Thundercat turned into pure energy while playing here, very psychedelic. After he recorded, I knew Kimbra could do the high-range vocals I imagined on it and then the track evolved into a new form while putting together this album and I’m very pleased with the result,” said the digital slice master.

Swaying sluggish just behind the beat, it evokes the escapism loop perfectly. “The track bed was so dreamy and evocative but when the drums drop it had a real toughness… it reminded me of being woken out of a dream state and the way we can live our whole lives in a daze. I feel like the song reflects a relationship or life that has become stagnated. We try to cover up our struggles with pleasure and ‘easy living’ instead of confronting our lives head on. Escapism is such a human urge and I wanted to explore both the beauty of that place and the ways we can get stuck. I loved the chance to get really experimental with the vocals. I brought to mind Minnie Ripperton to create the dreamy feeling at the start of the song,” said Kimbra.

“Come down just to get high” and have a listen to this tease of Mono/Poly’s third album “MONOTOMIC,” which will be out Sept. 13 via NAYMLIS.

||| Watch: The video for “Easy Living” (ft. Kimbra)